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(No Model.)

J. H. MGKEGHNIE.

FOOTWEAR.

No. 545,130. Patented Aug. 27, 1895.

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PATENT FOOTWEAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Eatent No. 545,130, dated August 27, 1895. Application led March 19, 1895. Serial No. 642,432. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern,.-

Beit known that I, J AMES HENRY MCKECH- NIE, of Granby,in the county of Sheftord and Province of Quebec, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Footwear; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the saine.

This invention relates to footwear of the class known to the trade as cardigan overshoes, and has for its object to provide an easily and cheaply constructed article, and one that will allow that part of the leg por tion located inside the top of the rubber foot portion to be quickly dried should it become dampened.

It consists in the method of connecting the rubber foot portion to the leg portion, so that such leg portion will be entirely free from the sides or top of such rubber foot portion or connected only at certain points thereto, as hereinafter described, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

For full comprehension, however, of the invention, reference mustbe had to the annexed drawings, in which like symbols indicate the same parts, and wherein- Figure l is a longitudinal vertical section, partly broken away, of a cardigan overshoe constructed according to my invention; Fig. 2, an enlarged transverse vertical section of same, taken on line 2 2, Fig. l; and Fig. 3, a side elevation thereof.

To carry out my invention I rst place the usual insole a, upon the last, then the edges h of the leg portion b are lasted to the insole, overlapping same sufficiently to be secured firmly between such insole and the lower edges of the usual lining c of the rubber top, which is now cemented to the insole and attached to the leg portion, preferably at the heel portion only, although it can be connected also at other points, if desired. The remainder of the rubber foot portion, consisting of lilling e, outer covering f, and outsole g, is then set and cemented in place in the usual manner. This method of connecting the leg portion, which is preferably made from knitted stock, to the sole and back of heel or counter portion only of the rubber foot portion allows such leg portion to be adjusted or straightened out by simply drawing upon it if it happens to become stretched and folded between the rubber foot portion and the hoot of the wearer when it is being put on. The leg portion being free from the sides of the top and within the toe also allows it, if wet, to dry after it has been removed in a very short time, thereby lessening the chances of its becoming rotted, as well as the likelihood of rotting the lining of the rubber foot portion.

What I claim is yas follows:

1. In the manufacture of foot Wear of the class described,-tirst placing the insole upon the last, lasting the edges of the leg portion thereto, attaching the edges of the lining of the rubber top to such insole and to the edges of the leg portion and then securing such rnbber top to said lining and the rubber sole to such top.

2. In the manufacture of foot wear of the class described,-irst placing the insole upon the last, lasting the edges of the leg portion thereto, attaching the edges of the lining ot the rubber top to such insole, attaching the back ot' the heel or counter of the leg portion to the lining and then securing such rubber top to said lining and the rubber sole to such top.

Montreal, Quebec, March 13, 1895.

` J AMES I'I. MCKECHNIE.

In presence of WILL P. MoFnA'r,

FRED. J. SEARS, 

